Carl C. Perkins
| Carl C. Perkins | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 7th district |
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In office November 6, 1984 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Carl D. Perkins |
| Succeeded by | District eliminated |
| Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives | |
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In office 1981-1984 |
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August 6, 1954 Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Davidson College University of Louisville |
Carl Christopher "Chris" Perkins (born August 6, 1954), is a U.S. lawyer and politician who was United States Representative from the 7th district of Kentucky from 1984 to 1993. Perkins served as a Democrat. He was convicted on three federal felony corruption charges.
Perkins is the son of Carl D. Perkins, who represented Kentucky in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1984. Perkins was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from Fort Hunt High School, Alexandria, Virginia, in 1972. He earned his B.A. from Davidson College in 1976. In 1978, he earned a J.D. degree from the University of Louisville. He worked for some time as a lawyer in private practice.
From 1981 to 1984, he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Perkins was elected simultaneously as a Democrat to the 98th and the 99th Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, U.S. Representative Carl Dewey Perkins. Perkins was reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (November 6, 1984 – January 3, 1993). He was not a candidate for re-election to Congress in 1992. The seat that he held, Kentucky's 7th district, was eliminated by redistricting and became Kentucky's 5th district and some counties in Kentucky's 4th district. He did not seek office from the new 5th district, in part due to the House banking scandal.
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